Birdcage



'Oct. 7 1924. 1,511,058

L. J. LEON I BIRDCAGE' Filed May 31. 1923 Patented Get. 7, 1924.

PATENT oFFICE.

LEW'ICKQII J. LEON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BInnoAeE.

Application filed. May 31, 1923. Serial No. 642,391.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnwroni J. LEON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Birdcages, of which the fol lowing is a specification. I

This invention relates to bird-cages.

One object of my invention is to provide a structure whereby a cage having a circular base may be provided with a removable tray or drawer slidable through an opening in the front wall of the'base.

A further object of my invention is to provide in connection with the above a structure whereby the base may have apolished or other ornate band about the same and be polished or finished before being fixed in'place on the base.

Other and further objects of my invention will appear from the following specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in -whichi Fig. 1 is a front view of a bird-cage embodying the features of my invention;

Fig; '2 is'a horizontal sectional-view taken through the base of the cage on line 2-2 of Fig.1; l

Fig. 3 is a diametrical sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the tray or drawer removed from the cage; and- Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view showing the tray or drawer opening in the front wall of the base. i

As illustrated in Fig. 1, the cage coin.- prises a body 1 and a removable base 2. both circular in form, and with the top of the cage body dome shape, as shown. The

parts 1 and 2 are releasably connected to' gether by fasteners 3, 3 pivoted on the base 2 outside of the cage body 1 and turnedinto and out of locking engagement with a base ring 4 (Fig. 3) at the lower end of said body.

In accordance with my invention, thebase' 2 is made in three sections 5, 6, and 7. The sections 5 and 6 are the upper andiower ones and the section 7 is the intermediate one. The upper section 5 hasa large opening 8 in its top wall and this opening is surrounded by an inwardly extending horizontal flange 9 forming a seat for the base ring-4, as shown in Fig. 3. Said flange 9 1s offset downward toprovide a retaining shoulder 10. The latter has two purposes, one to hold the cage body 1 from lateral shifting on the flange 9 and the other to be presently described. The lower section 6 has of a band extending part way around the sections 5, 6 on the outside and closing, for

the greater distance of their circumference,

the space made between their opposed edges by the plate 13. The band 7 has its upper and" lower edges turned inward to engage F1 over the beaded edges of the sections 5, 6, as shown in Fig. 3. This holds the band in place. The plate18 extends more than half way about the base 2 and has its end portions more or less tangential to its curved part andextended and secured to the spaced ends of the band 7, as shown in Fig. 2. This leaves an opening in the front wall of the base 2 to accommodate a tray or drawer 14.

Said tray or drawer 14: has a flat bottom wall 15, a curved back wall 16, and a front wall 17. The back wall 16 conforms to the shape of the vertical plate 13 and fits against the same when the drawer is closed in the base 2. At such time, the front wall 17 fits against. the sections 5 and 6 between the spaced'ends of the band v7 and closes the opening for the drawer in the front wall ofthe base 2. Said wall 17 is given the cross-sectional shape of the band 7 and acts to complete the appearance of the same at the opening for the drawer.

The drawer 14 is slidably supported in the base 2. This, in the structure shown, is accomplished by providing the vertical plate 13 with a recess 18 to accommodate the curved bottom and back wall 16 of said drawer. The latter has a pull ring 19 on its front wall. 9

The bottom'of the cage body 1 seating on the flange 9 makes the cage body have a diameter at its lower end much less than the diameter of the base 2. The flange 9 surrounding the opening 8 makes the latter also have a diameter less than that of the base 2. As the drawer 14 need only be large enough to cover this opening 8, it follows that the drawer 14 may be made smaller than the diameter of the base 2 and thus can be inserted into it. The diameter of the drawer need be only slightly more than the diameter of the opening 8 and, as this dimension is much less than the diameter of the base 2, the opening in the front wall of the base for the drawer toslide through need be less than half the circumference of the base, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Thus the base may have the band 7 continue on be yond half its circumference and make rigid the structure of the base. This would not be the case should the base and cage body have substantially the same diameter, for then the drawer would have the same diameter as the base, making the latter weak by being required to cut away half the circumference of the base to provide an opening in its front wall for the drawer to slide through.

By my invention it is possible to provide a cage having a circular base with a tray or drawer slidable through an opening in the front wall of the base. This allows the drawer to be withdrawn for cleaning and placing seed and other food therein without separating the cage body 1 from the base 2 with a chance of the bird escaping as herelVhile I have shown and described herein in detail a bird-cage embodying the features of my invention, it is of course to be understood that said structure may be variously changed and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A base for bird-cages circular in shape and having a hole in its top wall, and a drawer or tray slidably mounted in said base. beneath said hole, said drawer being slidable into and out of said base through an opening in the front wall of the same, said opening having a length less than half the circumference of the base and the drawer being of a size to pass through said opening, said drawer havinga front wall conforming to the curvature of said base and closing said opening when the drawer is closed in the base. i V

2. A base for bird-cages circular in shape and having a top wall with a hole therein of a diameter less than that of said base, and a drawer or tray slidably mounted in said base beneath said hole, said drawer being slidable into and out of said base through an opening in thefront wall of the same, said drawer being larger than said hole but smaller than the diameter of the base, the .opening in the front wall of said base being of a size to allow the drawer to pass therethrough but less than half the circumference of said base.

3. A base for bird-cages, comprising upper and lower sections, the former having an opening in its top wall, an upright member interposed between said sections beyond said hole to space the sections apart to provide a space between their opposed edges, means closing said space part way around said base to provide an opening in the front wall of said base, and'a drawer or tray slidably mounted in said base beneath said hole and supported by said member, said drawer being slidable into and out of said base through said opening.

4. A base for bird-cages, comprising upper and lower sections, the former hav-, ing a hole in its top wall, an upright mem-.

ber interposed between said sections beyond I said hole to space the sections apart to provide a space between their opposed edges, a band engaged with said sectionsonthe outside and extending across said space to close the same, said band extending part way around said base to provide between its spaced ends an opening in the front wall of the base, said member having its ends extended to the ends of said band, and a drawer or tra slidably mounted in said base under sai hole and supported by said member, said drawer being slidable into and out of said. band through said opening and having its front wall closing said opening when closed in said base.

5. A base for bird-cages, comprising upper and lower sections, the former -having a holein its top wall surrounded by a flange constituting a seat for a cage body,

said sections having shoulders beyond said flange, an upright member interposed between said sections at said shoulders to space the sections apart and provide a space between their opposed edges, a band engaged with said sections on the outside and extending across said space to close the same, said band extending part way around said base to provide between its spaced ends an opening in the front wall of the base, said member having its ends extended to said band and secured thereto, and a drawer or tray slidably mounted in said base beneath said hole and supported by said member, said drawer being slidable into and out of said base through said opening and having up:- right back and front walls, the latter closing said opening when the drawer is closed in said base, and the former fitting against said member.

6. A base for bird-cages, comprising upper and lower sections spaced apart to provide a space between their opposed edges, and a band extending across said space on the outside of said sections, said sections having their opposed edges beaded, and the adjacent edges of said band being turned in to engage over the beaded edges of said sections to hold the band on said sections.

7. A bird-cage base circular in shape and having top, front, and bottom walls, said front wall having a drawer or like opening therein between said top and bottom walls,

said opening having a length less than half the circumference of said base.

8. A bird-cage base circular in shape, comprising upper and lower sections spaced apart to provide a space between their opposed edges, and a band extending across said space and engaged with said sections, said band extending part way around the base to provide a drawer or like opening between its separated ends, said band having a length more than half the circumference of said base.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I aflix my signature this 13th day of April, A. D. 1923.

LEWICKI J. LEON. 

